by quasarn01 | Nov 10, 2025 | Ancient Code
The Ancient Mayan Calendar is a system of calendars used by the ancient May civilization in pre-Colombian America. The Mayan calendar details the existence of various ‘cycles,’ so it describes the sacred calendar (tzolkin or bucxok, with a 260-day count), the solar...
by quasarn01 | Nov 10, 2025 | Astronomy
Space dust provides more than just awe-inspiring pictures like the Pillars of Creation. It can provide the necessary materials to build everything from planets to asteroids. But what it actually looks like, especially in terms of its “porosity” (i.e., how...
by quasarn01 | Nov 10, 2025 | Astronomy
There are no confirmed exomoons, moons orbiting distant exoplanets in other solar systems. There are a few candidates, but none have passed the threshold and been accepted as confirmed. But they must exist. Moons are common in our solar system, so it would be...
by quasarn01 | Nov 10, 2025 | Astronomy
The interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS just flew past Mars, and China’s Tianwen-1 mission managed to snap some pics with its high-resolution camera. According to the China National Space Agency (CNSA), the orbiter’s high-resolution camera captured...
by quasarn01 | Nov 10, 2025 | Astronomy
Before atomic elements came together, less than a second after the Big Bang, if particles condensed into halos of matter, these halos may then have collapsed, creating the first black holes, boson stars, and so-called cannibal stars. This is the conclusion of a new...